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Having fought for Canada in WWII, Hugh Burnette returned home to Dresden, Ontario - a town whose Black citizens were routinely refused service in the local restaurant. In the face of widespread racial discrimination, Burnette established the National Unity Association, blazing a trail for all Black Canadians. He is among the unsung heroes championed in Journey to Justice, a tribute to the men and women who took racism to court. Filmmaker Roger McTair charts the little-known history of Canada's civil rights movement, profiling the brave Canadians who led the fight for equality from the 1930s until the 1950s.
Viola Desmond quietly made history in 1946 when she refused to move from a theatre seat in New Glasgow, N.S. Donald Willard Moore helped reform Canada's biased immigration policy.
Retired Citizenship Court judge Stanley G. Grizzle was president of the Toronto CPR division of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and is a member of the Order Of Canada. His activities on behalf of the porters resulted in the enactment of the Fair Employment Practices Act by Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments to combat discrimination on the basis of race or religion in the hiring, promotion, dismissal and working conditions of employees.
Journey to Justice serves as a powerful testament to their contribution to the evolution of Canadian democracy.
2000, 47 min
